The Irish standard., 1887-02-19

MS arrival CQ0 members OI Uu0 lOCdA
Gaelic clubs took possession Of the ten
ants house and built up doors and win
dows. When asked for the full rent he
was unable to pay, but if fair reduc-
tion was made he would pay. Some
time since his cattle. sheep, horses and
a car were sold by the sheriff at Ennis
and brought e4O, the balance 1855, re-
maing due.
LONGFORD.
Annie Dalton, widow of Dominick
Dalton, of Dallastown, died recently al
4l9 East Twelfth street, New York.
A meeting was held recently at Emmy
begs, Mr.. j. M. Mccarthy, president, in
the chair. The action of Messrs. Hal
pin, of Limerick, in serving processes
on his Esker tenantry, in the County
Longford, was strongly condemned,
The tenants offered the rent, minus 25
per cent, and this being refused, they
have resolved to lodge their rents with
trustees.
LOUTH.
Steadily but surely, says the Drog-
heda Independent, the men of '67 are
passing away. While yet the memor
les of that eventful but ill-starred
movement are fresh in our minds, the
greater number of those brave men
who loved their country mot wisely,
but too WE'LL" has passed away. A few
days ago in Trinity street, Drogheda,
Maurice Collins, one of the most faith
full and trusted men of the fearless
''67'' band, left the ranks of the living
and marched across to the Great Ma
jority. Collins was born in the County
Cork, in the year 1926, and the early
years of his life showed that he pos
sessed the spirit that always fired the
breast of an Irish felon. Into the 48
movement he threw himself heart and
soul with the result that his native
place became too hot for him. The in
surrection being crushed, he left the
southern country, and coming north
ward settled in Drogheda, where he
soon won the respect of those with
whom he came in contact. When Fen
ianism first made it's appearance in
Drogheda, Collins did not long remain
outside it's ranks; he soon became one
of it's most trusted and sterling men,
bers. He was arrested as Fenisn
suspect On March 5, '67, and passed five
weary months in Dundalk Jail. In
prisonment for political offenses at
that period was indeed different from
what it is at the present time. Then
men merely suspected of sympathy
with those
'.who struck at nought, but the alien laws,
And whose hearts were hot in luckless
cause
were torn from their families, hurried
to jail, and compelled to endure all the
horrors of penal servitude. sometimes
for months, sometimes for years. No
books, no papers, no companionship,
twenty three hours out of the twenty
four, no wonder some went mad while
others sickened and died. ALI those
horrors, added to other nameless indig-
mites and tortures, Maurice Collins
bore with the fortitude and dignity of a
man who deeply loved his country.
When at last the government ''merci-
fully" released him his hatred of Eng
lish rule was more intensified, if posi-
BILE, than it was the moment he first set
foot in the English dungeon. During
the last few years of his life he took no
active part in politics, but watched
with a keen interest the course of events
in Ireland, hoping, praying that he
might live to see at leasta gllmmer of
the light of freedom dawn upon the
hills of 1relend. Poor fellow, his wish,
like that of so many other ardent spirits
was designed never to be fulfilled. He
expired ON Wednesday, January S, at
tended by loving hands and soIaced by
the rites of the Catholic Church, of
which he was devoted member.
Oh, had the sun ere sinking down
Our Emerald. torn from English Crown
His dead face would have flashed with it's liz ht
May his soul rest in peace.
QUEENS COUNTY.
The Carlow correspondent of the Ex.
press reports a largely-attended meet
ing at Luggacurran, for the purpose
of encouraging Lord Landsdowne's
Queens County tenants to persevere in
the plan of campaign which they
adopted on being refused an abatement
of their rents by the landlord.
rIPPERARY.
The police at Carrick- on SUR have ar.
| roafod a farmer named Ennliah for tho